Randy,
If you haven't done so already I would reccomend searching the online
photo collections from the denver public library
http://photoswest.org/
Just search for CB&Q and "4-6-0"
They may not be quite accurate enough to get measurements, but they
are a big help with any scratchbuilding project.
-Zeke
fdlnmn@hotmail.com
--- In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyrus@r...>
wrote:
> A K-4 ten-wheeler is to be my first scratch-built loco. I think
I'll need
> to scratch-build the drivers also (this is N scale) but I don't
have any
> good-enough pictures of them. So I am asking for some help, please.
>
> If any of you are in the Alliance, Lincoln or Council Bluffs areas,
could
> you please shoot a full-frame, straight on picture of one of the
drivers?
> (Even 640x480 would be plenty good enough resolution.) Alliance
might be
> best since (from the one photo of #719 I've seen) there are no
fences or
> railings in the way. I don't know how #915 in Dodge Park is
situated, but
> #710 in Lincoln is sitting behind some heavy decorative railings.
>
> I just need the image to be clear enough to get the spoke width,
and the
> radii where it meets the rim and center (mainly to see how small a
milling
> cutter I'll need to use to machine the wheels) I'd love to go in
person
> and take photos and measurements, but for the near future I don't
foresee
> that happening.
>
> Thanks very much in advance!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Randy
>
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